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Sarah Bernhardt

Also known as Rosine Bernard Bernhardt

French stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844–1923)

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Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage actress, painter, and sculptor who lived from 1844 to 1923 and became one of the most celebrated performers of her era. Her remarkable career and artistic talents made her an influential figure in late 19th and early 20th-century culture.

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Paris, France

Sarah Bernhardt (born Henriette-Rosine Bernard, 22 or 23 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She also played male roles, including Shakespeare's Hamlet. French poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture", while Victor Hugo…

Known for

Sarah Bernhardt, With Heart and Soul — Self, Archive2023
Le Cinéma de grand-père — Self (archive footage)1995
The Century Is Fifty — Self (archive footage)1950
Paris 1900 — Self (archive footage)1948
Great Actresses of the Past — (archive footage)1938
Stars of Yesterday — Self1931
The House That Shadows Built — (archive footage)1931
The Clairvoyant — Madame Gainard1924
It Happened in Paris — Herself1919
Sarah Bernhardt addresses crowd in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 19171917

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Sarah
Gender: female
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Paris
Place of death: 17th arrondissement of Paris
Spouse: Jacques Damala
Occupation: sculptor
Position held: Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française
Educated at: Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Breton
Religion: Catholicism
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Image: Face detail, Sarah Bernhardt as Doña Sol in Hernani (cropped).png
Work location: Paris
Significant event: funeral

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on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Commons category: Sarah Bernhardt
date of death: 1923-03-26
cause of death: kidney failure
Commons Creator page: Sarah Bernhardt
date of birth: 1844-10-22
Commons gallery: Sarah Bernhardt
birth name: Sarah Marie Henriette Bernard
manner of death: natural causes
ethnic group: Jewish people
name in native language: Sarah Bernhardt
unmarried partner: Samuel Pozzi
topic's main category: Category:Sarah Bernhardt
start of work period: 1862-00-00
student: Princess Der Ling
writing language: French
different from: Sandra Bernhard
archives at: Harry Ransom Center
has works in the collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon
medical condition: amputation

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Encyclopedic overview

Sarah Bernhardt ( French: [saʁa bɛʁnɑʁt]; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, Fédora and La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, and L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand. She played female and male roles, including Shakespeare's Hamlet. Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture", and Hugo praised her "golden voice". She made several theatrical tours worldwide and was one of the early prominent actresses to make sound recordings and act in motion pictures. She was also an accomplished visual artist, as a painter and particularly as a sculptor.

She is also linked with the success of artist Alphonse Mucha, whose work she helped to publicize. Mucha became one of the more sought-after artists of this period for his Art Nouveau style.

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